Hum

'Ingenious' Observer'Mesmerising' Guardian'Gripping' Daily MailIn a hot and gritty city populated by super-intelligent robots called 'Hums', May seeks some reprieve from recent hardships and from her family's addiction to their devices. She splurges on a weekend away at the Botanical Garden - a rare, green refuge in the heart of the city, where forests, streams and animals flourish. But when it becomes clear that the Garden is not the idyll she hoped it would be, and her children come under threat, May is forced to put her trust in a Hum of uncertain motives in order to restore the life of her family.'Stunning... I loved it' Jeff VanderMeer

Product details

• Authors: Helen Philips, Helen Phillips, Phillips Helen
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 04.09.2025
• EAN: 9781805461746
• ISBN: 978-1-80546-174-6
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Science Fiction, New York, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Dystopian, FICTION / Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Dystopian and utopian fiction, COMPUTERS / Artificial Intelligence / General, Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world, Science fiction: near future